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ETH5556
Title: Cultural Diversity, Value Conflict and Ethical Decision Making for Mental Health Clinicians
Description: The objective of this course is to help the mental health clinician address the complex ethical problems that arise in working with clients from different cultural backgrounds and value systems, and to explore how one begins to find solutions and compromises to complicated ethical dilemmas while simultaneously operating within the clinician's professional framework and honoring and respecting cultural diversity and difference. This training will use a number of scenarios to highlight some of the complex ethical dilemmas that counselors are likely to face. When the trainee completes this course, he or she will:

-Learn the elements, purposes and dynamics of cultural material, such as values, beliefs, and rituals
-Understand where and why tensions exist between the values of the dominant ethos and the values of non-majority groups within the larger culture;
-Know the overall principles of ethical decision making, and where those principles must be modified when operating with non-majority cultures;
-Comprehend the dialogic processes that will allow the ethical decision making process to proceed in situations of value conflict.

This course is designed for mental health clinicians in the intermediate to advanced stage of their career.

This course was written by Charles Safford, LCSW. Mr. is President of yourceus.com, Inc. Mr. Safford has over 20 years of post-master’s experience as a clinician, and has over fifteen years of experience as a training developer and trainer in business and clinical settings. A live version of this course has been presented at NASW and EAPA annual conferences.

 

ABN8595
Title: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: An Introductory Guide to Eating Disorders
Description: The objective of this course is to provide the mental health clinician with a comprehensive introductory overview of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. When the trainee completes this course, he/she will:

-Understand the classification of the main eating disorders according to the DSM-5
-Know the prevalence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and the rising incidence among males.
-Comprehend causes and mechanisms underlying eating disorders.
-Understand the socio-cultural aspects of eating disorders
-Learn additional factors that have shaped the manifestations of some eating disorders.
-Grasp the multiple meanings that an eating disorder may have for patients from different cultural backgrounds.
-Know mental disorders commonly associated with eating disorders.
-Comprehend the different treatment modalities effective in eating disorders, including the appropriate use of medications.

This course is primarily designed for clinicians in the earlier stages of their career, or for more advanced clinicians reviewing basic concepts in this area.

This course was written by Iréné Celcer, LCSW with guidance and input from other senior yourceus.com, Inc. course developers and from NASW GA. Ms. Celcer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over twenty years experience working with eating disordered clients. She is a member of the Board of EDIN (Eating Disorders Informational Network), an organization based in Atlanta whose mission is to educate and prevent eating disorders, and the author of two books and numerous articles on eating disorders. Additionally, Ms. Celcer has delivered a number of workshops and presentations to other clinicians and the public on the subject of eating disorders.

Approvals:

yourceus.com has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6071. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. yourceus.com is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

As noted on the NBCC web site, "most professional counselor state licensure boards readily accept NBCC credit for licensure renewal."

yourceus.com, Inc., provider #1104, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

yourCEUs.com, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ASWB Approval Period: 11/15/2020 to 11/15/2023. Social workers participating in this course will receive 8 clinical continuing education clock hours. 

With the notable exception of New York and New Jersey, ASWB approval is accepted for licensed social workers. 

This course is approved for 5 contact hours